Academic writing 1 1.N3.EP.44
Course objectives:
- developing academic writing skills
- practicing academic referencing skills (MLA/APA)
- practicing academic discourse
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Course content:
1. The formal properties and conventions of academic writing
2. Selected stylesheet guidelines (APA, MLA)
3. In-text citations and quotations
4. Compiling a bibliography
5. Paraphrase
6. Summary
7. Introduction to effective synthesising (continued in Academic Writing 2)
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:
short writing practice tasks, discussion, feedback, group tasks, ICT tool/MSTeams platform
Field of study
Student workload
Study level
Education profile
Type of course
obligatory courses
The semester in which the subject is carried out
Mode
Course coordinators
Term 2024/25-Z: | Term 2023/24-Z: | Term 2022/23-Z: |
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019
Knowledge:
Student knows and understands:
1.methods of analysis and interpretation of texts within selected traditions, theories and research schools in linguistics, literature or culture studies (k_W04/P6S_WG)
2. principles of copyright and its protection in relation to referencing academic sources, in particular in the field of English philology (k_W10/P6S_WK)
Skills
Student can:
3. use their philological knowledge in proper selection of sources and information drawn from them in the processes of evaluation, critical analysis and synthesising of that information in English (k_U02/P6S_UW)
4. use arguments and formulate logical conclusions based on studies of other authors (k_U03/P6S-UW)
Social competences
Student is ready to:
5. critically evaluate and solve problems arising from the implementation of professional tasks such as texts creation (k_K02/P6S_KK)
6. in a responsible way, exercise professional roles, including:
complying with the rules of professional ethics when using academic sources for own writing (k_K05/P6S_KR)
Assessment criteria
Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:
1. Summaries - 30% of the final grade (outcome: 1,3,5,6)
2. Paraphrases - 30% of the final grade (outcomes: 2,3,5,6)
3. Syntheses 20% of the final grade (learning outcomes: 1,2,4,5,6)
4. Active participation in classes including group cooperation - 20% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3)
Bibliography
Reading list:
MLA style manual
APA style manual
Additional information
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